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The more important statistic
of these 7,800 phones, after cracking and analysis...
how many actually had ANY useful intel on them???
I think we'll be able to count that on ONE finger... the same one they give our rights every day...
Re:
SAMS Photofacts used to be available to the public in every electronics parts stores. They were my favorite reading materials when I was growing up.
What we need here...
... is for a German citizen to write something about Erdogan that FB takes down, Germany sues to reinstate, and Turkey sues to keep down....
The most likely outcome
... will be that Charles Rivkin will be fired.
Ah the irony...
The current ad on this page is for "Elite Singles". Gotta love the ads that follow the discussion on the page....
Think of the fun..
..when *that* subscriber list leaks.
Do Hotels get to pay once, then charge every customer the fee and pocket it? What a boon to the travel industry!
Of course, government buildings and devices will be exempt...
Time Travel is NOT possible...
making all social media go away, and google stop indexing their sites, and all the rest of the internet go away is just NOT going to bring back the halcyon days of the 1950's and the supremacy of newspapers. No matter how they wish it would - their time in the sun has ended.
The internet removed government control of the messengers; thus removing control of the message.
And *that* genie is NOT going back into the bottle...
So keep on trying to kill the internet one piece at a time... and it will keep up with its normal response:
"Damage Detected. Re-Routing"
We should all...
... immediately load copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights to all our cloud storage.
I think it is just adorable...
... that some senators still think the intelligence community gives a damn about them...or anyone not in the intelligence community...
Papers Please
At all times, you must carry bank statements, paycheck stubs, identification, and all receipts for all clothing, jewelry, and electronics you happen to have with you.
Or just wander the streets naked.
And they still miss the points we all try to make
*I* don't care if I pay less or MORE - *I* care that I pay for what I *WANT* to watch. I am consuming a LOT more entertainment via Amazon - I pay for a LOT of shows that are not in the core Amazon Prime package. I buy a LOT of movies (sometimes, just to learn if I want to buy the blu-ray for my collection).
Cable costs too much for stuff I do *NOT* want - and is still on a schedule that doesn't fit mine. And I don't have any hope that they will fix either of those core issues. ever.
So close... yet so far...
The sad part:
"One reason we urge universities to settle early is to avoid these kinds of expenses."
shouldn't it be "We urge universities to NOT VIOLATE STUDENTS RIGHTS IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE"
Well, she is right about one thing...
..."You’ll know who the real bad actors are when they try to block or throttle"
I am so happy...
... that I got tins of flavored popcorn for Christmas.
Please Define
"Social Media Platform". Let's see - the web is entirely social as every page shares information with all its viewers; anything published in a readable format is by definition "media"; and every server is a "platform". So - the abuse of this law will expand to EVERY website they don't like. It may start with the "Big Boys" - but this will have scope creep that moves at velocities above the speed of light.
Re: DSL would have to do quite an upgrade
I live 20 miles outside of Tallahassee, and have bonded DSL at 20MB with static IP to my house from Centurylink. Some ISPs do still care about service to their customers.
None of that matters.
They are damn busy fighting wars - the war on terror, the war on drugs, the war on people travelling, the war on people carrying cash, the war on people having intact homes, the war on people driving nice cars, the war on secured phones, the war on whistle-blowers, the war on "non-government-employees" ... dammit - they have to do SOMETHING and that costs MONEY.
Well said by Mr Bumble...
The Law is a Ass, a Idiot.
--- Oliver Twist
[ wonder what his actions would be if it was *his* daughter ... ]
Dumb Statement of the Year...
“It’s people consuming something they haven’t paid for."
Exactly WHEN did this become law? I seem to recall consuming many years of free TV broadcasts and free Radio broadcasts and free concerts in the park and free air and free fruit from the trees in the yard ...
(oops.. better not say that "free air" one... someone will start charging me for it..)
Whether or not Skippy likes it, there is no law that everything consumed must be paid for.
Matter of fact, you can consume "free love" but it is illegal to pay for it...
Different points of view...
... it is 100% OK for uncontrolled government agencies to collect and collate all that data; it is 100% NOT OK for companies to do the same...